WHAT IS HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE / HYPERTENSION 
Hypertension is medically defined as: "A common, often asymptomatic disorder characterized by elevated blood pressure persistently exceeding 140/90 mm Hg. Essential hypertension, the most frequent kind, has no single identifiable cause, but the risk of the disorder is increased by obesity, a high sodium level in serum, hypercholesterolemia, and a family history of high blood pressure. The incidence of hypertension is higher in men than in women and is twice as great in blacks as in whites. Persons with mild or moderate hypertension may be asymptomatic or may experience suboccipital headaches, especially on rising, tinnitus, lightheadedness, easy fatigability, and palpitations. With sustained hypertension arterial walls become thickened, inelastic, and resistant to blood flow, and, as a result, the left ventricle becomes distended and hypertrophied in its efforts to maintain normal circulation. Inadequate blood supply to the coronary arteries may cause angina or myocardial infarction. Left ventricular hypertrophy may lead to congestive heart failure." Mosby's Medical Dictionary, 3rd ed, p. 590
TYPES:
Resistant hypertension- is defined as the failure to reduce BP to the appropriate level after taking a three-drug regimen.[4] The American Heart Association released guidelines for treating resistant hypertension
Essential hypertension- indicates that no specific medical cause can be found to explain a patient's condition.
Secondary hypertension- indicates that the high blood pressure is a result of (i.e., secondary to) another condition, such as kidney disease or tumours (pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma).
HOW IT IS DEFINED:
Normal blood pressure reading for adults is 120 (systolic) / 80 (diastolic)
High Blood Pressure: Boarderline: (120-160/90-94) Mild: (140-160/95-104) Moderate: (140-180/105-114) Severe: (160+/115+)
In individuals older than 50 years, hypertension is considered to be present when a person's systolic blood pressure is consistently 140 mm Hg or greater. Beginning at a systolic pressure of 115 and diastolic pressure of 75 (commonly written as 115/75 mm Hg), cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk doubles for each increment of 20/10 mmHg.[4]
Prehypertension is defined as blood pressure from 120/80 mm Hg to 139/89 mm Hg. Prehypertension is not a disease category; rather, it is a designation chosen to identify individuals at high risk of developing hypertension.[4]
Hypertension, is known as the ’silent killer’ because most people can’t tell when their blood pressure is high. Elevated blood pressure can lead to a greatly increased risk of heart attack, stroke, and other serious illnesses. Along with high cholesterol and smoking, hypertension is one of the most serious causes of atherosclerosis or hardening of the arteries.
Hypertension is the result of an unhealthy diet and lifestyle.
SOME CAUSES OF HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE:
• White table salt (sodium chloride)
• Too much sodium in foods ( read the label)
• Low fiber
• Coffee consumption
• Alcohol intake
• Lack of exercise
• Smoking
• Obesity
• High sodium to potassium ratio
• Low fiber
• High sugar diet
• High saturated fat
• Low essential fatty acids
• Pharmaceutical drugs are right behind salt in contributing to high blood pressure. Pharmaceutical drugs have the same reaction in the body as white table salt. It is very common for people who take numerous drugs to develop high blood pressure.
FACTS ABOUT HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE:
"An estimated 50 million Americans have high blood pressure. According to the U.S. Public Health Service, hypertension affects more than half of all Americans over the age of sixty-five. The percentage of the African-American population with high blood pressure is approximately one-third higher than that for whites. African-Americans between the ages of twenty-four and forty-four are eighteen times more likely than whites to develop kidney failure due to hypertension." – James F. Balch, M.D.
"In 1990, nearly 33,000 Americans died of hypertension-related disease other than heart attack and stroke." Balch supra.
Risk factors for high blood pressure include but is not limited to: STRESS, cigarette smoking, OBESITY, pharmaceutical drug use; HIGH SODIUM consumption, oral contraceptive use, stimulants; and EXCESSIVE meat and dairy consumption.
HOW TO REDUCE OR ELIMINATE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE NATURALLY:
• Greatly modify the diet.
• Cut out or greatly cut back on meat and dairy products. Give mock meats, i.e. seitan, Gardein, soy/tempeh a try. And there are plenty of dairy-free dairy alternatives available today.
• Eliminate refined grains from the diet. Eat only whole-wheat grains.
• Reduce consumption of refined starches. Bake your starches instead of frying them.
• Cut out or greatly cut back on drinking acidic beverages (i.e. soda pop, beer, wine, coffee, lattes, milk, etc.). Drink at least 8-10 glasses of water daily (to help flush the body).
• Eat more vegetables (preferably organic) raw or steamed is best! Drink vegetable juice periodic (helps to wash away arterial plaque).increase onions garlic and celery
• Eat more e raw, whole fruits (preferably organic) and drink fruit juice (especially blueberry juice).
• Season your food with sea salt (use half of what calls for salt in a recipe, for example, if a recipe calls for one teaspoon of salt, you would use just half a teaspoon of sea salt). Try Herbal seasonings
• Avoid cooking with unhealthy oils such as lard, vegetable oil, corn oil, soy oil, canola oil, and kernal oil. Better oils to cook with include olive oil, grape seed oil, safflower oil, and sunflower seed oil, but only for low temperature cooking, like sautéing. It is actually best and better to bake your food than to fry it. This way, you don't require all that oil to fry with.
• If you smoke, consider quitting
• Cut back on alcohol consumption
• Move! EXERCISE or stretch!
• Look for herbal-based alternatives. There is an herbal alternative to every drug you may be taking. If you need help, contact One of our Health Counselors and we will assist you.
HERBS THAT HELP HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE: Cayenne, Butcher's Broom, Cinnamon, Glucomannan, Hawthorn Berries, Motherwort, and
European Mistletoe, chamomile, fennel
TYPES:
Resistant hypertension- is defined as the failure to reduce BP to the appropriate level after taking a three-drug regimen.[4] The American Heart Association released guidelines for treating resistant hypertension
Essential hypertension- indicates that no specific medical cause can be found to explain a patient's condition.
Secondary hypertension- indicates that the high blood pressure is a result of (i.e., secondary to) another condition, such as kidney disease or tumours (pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma).
HOW IT IS DEFINED:
Normal blood pressure reading for adults is 120 (systolic) / 80 (diastolic)
High Blood Pressure: Boarderline: (120-160/90-94) Mild: (140-160/95-104) Moderate: (140-180/105-114) Severe: (160+/115+)
In individuals older than 50 years, hypertension is considered to be present when a person's systolic blood pressure is consistently 140 mm Hg or greater. Beginning at a systolic pressure of 115 and diastolic pressure of 75 (commonly written as 115/75 mm Hg), cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk doubles for each increment of 20/10 mmHg.[4]
Prehypertension is defined as blood pressure from 120/80 mm Hg to 139/89 mm Hg. Prehypertension is not a disease category; rather, it is a designation chosen to identify individuals at high risk of developing hypertension.[4]
Hypertension, is known as the ’silent killer’ because most people can’t tell when their blood pressure is high. Elevated blood pressure can lead to a greatly increased risk of heart attack, stroke, and other serious illnesses. Along with high cholesterol and smoking, hypertension is one of the most serious causes of atherosclerosis or hardening of the arteries.
Hypertension is the result of an unhealthy diet and lifestyle.
SOME CAUSES OF HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE:
• White table salt (sodium chloride)
• Too much sodium in foods ( read the label)
• Low fiber
• Coffee consumption
• Alcohol intake
• Lack of exercise
• Smoking
• Obesity
• High sodium to potassium ratio
• Low fiber
• High sugar diet
• High saturated fat
• Low essential fatty acids
• Pharmaceutical drugs are right behind salt in contributing to high blood pressure. Pharmaceutical drugs have the same reaction in the body as white table salt. It is very common for people who take numerous drugs to develop high blood pressure.
FACTS ABOUT HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE:
"An estimated 50 million Americans have high blood pressure. According to the U.S. Public Health Service, hypertension affects more than half of all Americans over the age of sixty-five. The percentage of the African-American population with high blood pressure is approximately one-third higher than that for whites. African-Americans between the ages of twenty-four and forty-four are eighteen times more likely than whites to develop kidney failure due to hypertension." – James F. Balch, M.D.
"In 1990, nearly 33,000 Americans died of hypertension-related disease other than heart attack and stroke." Balch supra.
Risk factors for high blood pressure include but is not limited to: STRESS, cigarette smoking, OBESITY, pharmaceutical drug use; HIGH SODIUM consumption, oral contraceptive use, stimulants; and EXCESSIVE meat and dairy consumption.
HOW TO REDUCE OR ELIMINATE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE NATURALLY:
• Greatly modify the diet.
• Cut out or greatly cut back on meat and dairy products. Give mock meats, i.e. seitan, Gardein, soy/tempeh a try. And there are plenty of dairy-free dairy alternatives available today.
• Eliminate refined grains from the diet. Eat only whole-wheat grains.
• Reduce consumption of refined starches. Bake your starches instead of frying them.
• Cut out or greatly cut back on drinking acidic beverages (i.e. soda pop, beer, wine, coffee, lattes, milk, etc.). Drink at least 8-10 glasses of water daily (to help flush the body).
• Eat more vegetables (preferably organic) raw or steamed is best! Drink vegetable juice periodic (helps to wash away arterial plaque).increase onions garlic and celery
• Eat more e raw, whole fruits (preferably organic) and drink fruit juice (especially blueberry juice).
• Season your food with sea salt (use half of what calls for salt in a recipe, for example, if a recipe calls for one teaspoon of salt, you would use just half a teaspoon of sea salt). Try Herbal seasonings
• Avoid cooking with unhealthy oils such as lard, vegetable oil, corn oil, soy oil, canola oil, and kernal oil. Better oils to cook with include olive oil, grape seed oil, safflower oil, and sunflower seed oil, but only for low temperature cooking, like sautéing. It is actually best and better to bake your food than to fry it. This way, you don't require all that oil to fry with.
• If you smoke, consider quitting
• Cut back on alcohol consumption
• Move! EXERCISE or stretch!
• Look for herbal-based alternatives. There is an herbal alternative to every drug you may be taking. If you need help, contact One of our Health Counselors and we will assist you.
HERBS THAT HELP HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE: Cayenne, Butcher's Broom, Cinnamon, Glucomannan, Hawthorn Berries, Motherwort, and
European Mistletoe, chamomile, fennel
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